The 'primer' referenced here is some serious but highly informative reading. 87 pages worth. Get a fresh cup of your favorite beverage, sit down and cruise through this.
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Understanding Our Tax System:
A Primer for Active Citizens
September 9, 2010
A newly updated resource offering a comprehensive overview of the Massachusetts tax system is now available at www.massbudget.org.
Understanding Our Tax System: A Primer for Active Citizens provides tools for everyone who wants a solid understanding of how the Massachusetts tax system works.
The primer explains the five principal criteria used to assess a tax system. It provides an overview of the Commonwealth's current tax system, describing how much revenue is collected from the most important categories of state and local taxes. Placing the Massachusetts tax system in a broader context, the primer shows how Massachusetts compares to other states and to the U.S. as a whole, and how the Commonwealth's system has changed over time.
Finally, the primer provides a closer look at each of the six major kinds of taxes which together compose the Massachusetts tax system, trying to answer a number of basic questions: How does each of these taxes work and how much revenue does it raise? How has each of these taxes changed over time? How does each of these taxes affect different income groups?
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Franklin, MA
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